Together with the City Council of Skierniewice and the History Chamber of Skierniewice we would like to invite you to the Commemoration of 70^th anniversary of Warsaw’s Uprising. At 8 PM, one can watch in the Engine Shed the documentary by Artur Czarniecki – “Train of Death” (“Pociąg śmierci”). The movie is devoted to the tragic events which took place in Skierniewice’s station right before the outbreak of the Uprising.

Earlier, a mass for benefit of fallen insurgents and Pawiak’s prisoners killed in Skierniewice will take place at 5 PM at St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

Once again we would like to invite you on 2^nd August to yet another Open Day in Engine Shed. Except the usual tour in the roundhouse and the sightseeing of the rolling stock collection visitors can check out our collection of engine’s maintenance equipment, old smithy, exhibition of railway photos by Marek Zienkowicz and the exhibition of railway safety devices and signal box equipment. Guided tours will start at 11 AM, 12 AM,  1 PM and 2 PM. Hungry or thirsty guests can help themselves by the stand of Atmosfera pizza house.

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… however only during the shots to a motion picture. On 12th July, the Shed was visited by a film crew shooting a documentary for Polish National Bank under the working title “Gold”.

In September 1939, Polish gold reserves needed to be evacuated out of the country. After many troubles, the precious cargo arrived at Polish-Romanian boundary in Sniatyń, from where it was to be transported by rail to Constanța. Exactly this episode was shot in Skierniewice’s shed. The main character was a train consisting of “Ferrum” tank engine and a couple of the historical box cars. Three members of PARE as extras played the roles of train crew. After twilight a scene of unloading the gold to cars was shot.

The movie is directed by Joanna Kaczmarek and produced by Krzysztof Jackowski and VALRED studios. Presenter Marek Tajchman from TVN Channel is the narrator of the documentary.

Evenings in Engine Shed are cyclic events, during which we present our broad range of interests beyond the railway (but many times with railways or trains in background). This time a main topic of our meeting will be China. A country thousands kilometers away from Poland, full of contrasts and connected with many stereotypes, yet the destination point for more and more tourists. A country of poverty and exploitation from one side and from the other – a land of modern railways we can still just dream of.

Our colleague and member of PARE, Ariel Ciechański, will present how this all really look like from the point of view of a backpacker and prove that China is something more beyond the Great Wall and Forbidden City. Feel invited to the presentation on 19^th July at 8PM.

Free admission!

Taking the advantage of a sunny weather, we have begun the renovation works by the signal gantries from Wschowa. Thanks to the company “Polwar S.A.” from Gdańsk, one of the gantries was sanded and covered with anticorrosive paint. The final paint-job will be done on our own. Eventually, the gantry will be assembled and set up as an exhibit.

We would like to invite you on 5^th July to yet another Open Day in Skierniewice Engine Shed. Except the collection of the historical rolling stock, our visitors can see the old workshop and smithy with genuine equipment, the exhibition of photos by Marek Zienkowicz and the exhibition of railway safety devices. Guided sightseeing groups start at every full hour (11.00, 12.00, 13.00 and 14.00). For hungry or thirsty guests awaits catering stand from Atmosfera pizza house.

Free admission!

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On Saturday, 21^st June, on 8:00 pm we would like to invite our fans to the first in 2014 Evening in Engine Shed.

This time, our member Andrzej Paszke will present the slideshow “Tramways of Lisbon” regarding the legendary tramcars, so popular with tourists and respected by the residents of Portugal’s capital city

Free admission.

On Saturday, 7^th June, according to our every year’s tradition, we organized a special a special edition of the Open Day on the occasion of the International Children’s Day. Contrary to the ordinary Open Days, our visitors could freely move around the Engine Shed, so that the youngest guests would not get bored with the lengthy speeches of the guides or strict sightseeing route. Therefore one could freely choose among many attractions and exhibitions available on that day.

Thanks to the sunny weather we were visited by 546 people. Except the regular exhibitions, one could visit the stands of our partners. PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe promoted its safe railway crossing campaign „Stop and Live”, where everybody could learn about the important rules of using level crossings. The Landscape Park of Bolimów encouraged to visit its picturesque forests and its many hiking or cycling routes.

Thanks to the efforts of the volunteers technical tracks of the Shed were available for recreational short trips, either with a handcar or inside a historical train consisting of the passenger coach of 4^th class from 1889. Inside, a railwayman in historic uniform punched the Edmondson-type tickets with a vintage conductor’s pincers.

Children could also see the contemporary vehicles from PKP PLK track maintenance services – motor carts WMB10-223 and WM15-260 as well as the emergency vehicle “Unimog”. One could also visit the exhibition of the railway safety devices and signal box equipment, located in the old warehouse.

Children could also visit the artistic corner, were they could try to draw a steam engine or have their face colorfully decorated.

Hungry guests could help themselves by the catering stand of Atmosfera pizza house.

We would like to say a kind “thank You” to all our guests and partners.

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